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Tinnevely Riot of 1908

17 Mar 1908 · 8.73° N, 77.71° E

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When
17 Mar 1908
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
8.73° N, 77.71° E
Description
an Indian freedom struggle

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Tinnevely riot of 1908

Riot in India

The Tinnevely riot was an outbreak of violence which occurred in the town of Tinnevely in then Madras Presidency of British India on 17 March 1908. The outbreak was in response to the arrest and subsequent conviction of Indian nationalists Swadeshi Padmanabha Iyengar, Subramania Siva and V. O. Chidambaram Pillai.

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